It seems like every year, right around the start of Winter, we begin to source the royals for all of our style inspiration. There's something about their glittering, glamorous dresses and the way they color-coordinate that feels festive, just in time for the holidays. Why just admire Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle, Crown Princess Victoria, Queen Letizia, and the rest of this regal bunch from afar when we can try out their looks for ourselves when we attend our holiday parties?
These ladies know how to work a red carpet, playing up their eye-catching dresses with jewels that add just the right amount of glow. They choose bold silhouettes that are ladylike but often subtly sexy — a look we aim for when we go out.
Read on for 39 fashionable ensembles our favorite royals have worn, all of which are totally appropriate for the swanky soirées you might attend to ring in the new year. But fair warning: you're going to be the center of attention.
Meghan Markle wearing Givenchy at the 2018 Fashion Awards in London.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden in 2010.
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, wearing an Issa dress and posing for her engagement portrait in 2010.
Princess Tatiana Blatnik of Greece and Denmark at a party in 2010.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at a gala in 2011.
Princess Charlene of Monaco at a dinner in 2012.
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, at a premiere in 2012.
Princess Charlene of Monaco wearing a Louis Vuitton dress at a new boutique opening in 2012.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark at a dinner in 2008.
Princess Sophie Johanna Maria of Isenburg at a ceremony in 2011.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at an event in 2013.
Princess Marie of Denmark at a birthday dinner in 2009.
Queen Letizia of Spain at a ceremony in 2015.
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, at a film performance in 2013.
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, wearing Jenny Packham at the Museum of Natural History in 2014.
Princess Tatiana Blatnik of Greece and Denmark at a dinner in 2010.
Princess Charlene of Monaco channeling Jasmine in 2012.
Elisabeth Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis at a festival in 2012.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands in 2013.
Queen Letizia of Spain at a presentation in 2015.
Princess Sofia Hellqvist of Sweden at a wedding in 2013.
Crown Princess Stephanie of Luxembourg at an event in 2013.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands at a celebration in 2013.
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, wearing Jenny Packham at a gala in 2014.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark at a dinner in 2015.
Princess Charlene of Monaco at the Red Cross Gala in 2015.
Queen Letizia of Spain at the Royal Palace in 2015.
Queen Letizia of Spain at an event in Washington DC in 2015.
Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis at a prewedding party in 2014.
Queen Letizia of Spain at a concert in 2015.
Princess Sofia of Sweden at Drottningholm Palace for a christening in 2015.
Queen Letizia of Spain at the Campoamor Theater in 2015.
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, wearing a Jenny Packham dress at a premiere in 2015.
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, wearing Erdem at a gala in 2015.